Name

Jean Ango

Career

Business/Commerce

Occupation 1

Financier of exploration

Region

Europe

Era

Europe's Reconnaissance (1351-1640)

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Dieppe businessman (armature) and backer of Atlantic exploratory voyages, including 1508 voyage to Newfoundland, commanded by Thomas Aubert, aboard the Pensee. Giovanni da Verrazzano may have been on the voyage.